Can anyone tell me the differences between the two conditions? As explained in my previous post last night, we are officially waiting for a biopsy re coeliac disease for DS1 aged 3.5years. However, since finding blood in his stool last week, the registrar we spoke to for advice said he would discuss doing a colonoscopy as well. My MIL has ulcerative colitis (no idea whether this is relevant?) and DH also has all the same problems that DS1 has. His coeliac blood screen has come back negative (as has DS1's, at less than 1). The GP has refused to progress DH's case any further and when they are both on a gluten and dairy free diet (with no onions, soya, foods with hard shells (such as butterbeans) etc..) they are relatively symptom-free. Personally, I think that if we are putting DS1 under a GA we may as well check out both ends at once, now that we've had blood in his stool. Would appreciate any advice from others though as it's all a bit of a maze to navigate our way through at the moment, with a very poorly little boy 
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